Stu Pederson
| Stu Pederson | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 28, 1960 Palo Alto, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 8, 1985, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 6, 1985, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .000 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Hits | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1 | ||
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Stuart Russell Pederson (born January 28, 1960) is an American retired professional baseball outfielder who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
Pederson played college baseball for Foothill College, the University of Southern California, and the University of the Pacific.
He was selected in the 9th round (228th player chosen) of the 1981 MLB draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of the University of Southern California. Pederson debuted with the Single-A Lodi Dodgers, hitting a home run in his first at bat, and finished his first professional season with a walk off home run which gave Lodi the 1981 California League Championship.
In 1982, with the Vero Beach Dodgers, he led the Florida State League in triples (18), was second in runs (95), hits (156), and on base percentage (.434), and third in batting average (.336), slugging percentage (.494), and RBIs (79). In 1983 with the San Antonio Dodgers, he was second in the Texas League in triples (12). In 1984 with San Antonio, he tied Mariano Duncan for the league lead in triples with 11, and was second in the league in RBIs (86).
He played 473 games for the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League from 1988–92. The team had a “Stu Pederson Night” during the 1991 season. In his 12 minor league seasons, he batted .292/.389/.441, with 90 home runs and 73 stolen bases in 4,137 at bats, and pitched 7 innings.
On August 18, 2012, Pederson was inducted into the Syracuse Chiefs Wall of Fame.
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